Governor Appoints Garland to State Office of Risk Management

Governor Rick Perry has appointed Lloyd M. Garland of Lubbock to the State Office of Risk Management for terms to expire Feb. 1, 2013. The office reduces and controls risk by ensuring state agencies' ability to protect their employees, the public and the state's physical and financial assets.

Garland is a physician in private practice. He is the public member of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, a member of the Texas Judicial Foundation Board of Directors and American and Texas Medical associations. He is also a consultant with the Texas Board of Medical Examiners. Garland received a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.

Students who survived the Florida school shooting are preparing to flood the Capitol pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can't...

Students who survived the Florida school shooting are preparing to flood the Capitol pushing to ban the assault-style rifle used to kill 17 people, vowing to make changes in the November election if they can't persuade lawmakers to change law now.

Second Amendment supporter Dana Loesch spoke with students and families affected by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting at a CNN town hall on Wednesday, as Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel sat near. (Source: CNN)

Dana Loesch, a vocal Second Amendment supporter, took questions from the students and families affected by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting at a CNN town hall on Wednesday.

Dana Loesch, a vocal Second Amendment supporter, took questions from the students and families affected by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting at a CNN town hall on Wednesday.